In the previous article, I discussed the structure of a JWT, how to construct one manually in code and the principles behind each step of the process. In this article I'm going to take that knowledge and show you how to build a working ASP.NET Minimal API
In the last post I used an analogy about authentication being like a passport which identifies you to the resource you're trying to access. In this post I'm going to show you how to make a JWT from scratch without using the standard .NET libraries, so
The passport analogy What is authentication and why do we need it? A good analogy is to think about the concept of authentication as a passport. If you want to get into a country, you have to show them your passport. It proves who you are. How does it prove